OCO Faculty Member Andrew Marcus has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

The APS is a non-profit organiztion working to "advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy and international activities." The APS was founded in 1899 and has a membership of 50,000.

APS fellows are members deemed to have made "exceptional contributions" to the discipline of physics. Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by a comittee.

Professor Hailin Wang will serve as a member of the "renowned" editorial boad for the new Optical Soc

iety of America (OSA) high-impact, open-access journal. The new journal, Titled Optica will focus on cutting edge optics and photonics research. It will be publiched online only. The first issue will be released in July.

The University of Oregon STEMCORE and SPICE Programs will be hosting the first annual "Why Study Science?" Panel, directed towards current high schoolers interested in, or curious about, studying science in college. It will be held on January 22nd, 2014 at 6:30pm in UO's Willamette Hall, room 110.